Process for cutting stencils



May 29, 1928.

f Igi 1,671,906 G. E. MINOR PROCESS FOR CUTTING STENCILS Filed April 28,1924 SEATTLE WASH Der Sir We are in recei t of 3 y lei-fer of l/VVENTOR650/755 lW/WW ATTORND Patented May 29, 1928.

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I raocnss r02. cmnva s'rancma Application .flled April as, 1924. Serialm. 709,438.

The invention is a process for cutting letters or characters ofdifferent styles in a.

minieograph or other stencil, for mimeographing or similar work. a Theobject of the invention is toiprovlde a process for readily cuttingletters'or characters of different sizes or type into stencils.

"With these ends in view the invention embodies the cutting of letters,characters or objects in-stencils by first ri idl holding the stencilupon a sheet of. zy onite with a strip of material having its forwardedge perpendicular tothe stencil and being positively clamped in placeand then placing 55 type or the like upon the stencil and against theperpendicular edge of the strip and then strikingthem so that the entireletter or character will be evenly forced into the stencil. I

Other features and advantages of the invention will be seenfrom thefollowing de-' scription taken in'connection with the drawings, whereinr Figure 1 is a view showing a stencil as it may be cut. I v I Figure 2is a view showing the means for holding the stencil and the position ofthe type or object as it is cut into the stencil.

The process will embody-the placing of a thick sheet of zylonite on asmooth surface, then placing a prepared stencil upon the zylonite, thenplacing a straight edge with a perpendicular side upon the stencil sothat it is parallel to the position on the stenci'l the -print is"intended to occupy and rigidlyholding the straight edge by a clamp..

'Thectype, which may be'of any suitable design, may be placed on thestencil and against the straight edge so that the face of 40 the typewill-be absolutely arallel .to the stencil. The type maythen lib held'against vthe perpendicular side of the straight ed e and tapped with ahammer or other suitab e device so that it will be forced into thestenany suitable material of suflicient hardness .more sheets of paperor other suitable ma- .at one time, and thisstraight edge may also cil..Each letter may be placed in the sten providing of an automatic machinewith all the numeral 6 and'the'hammer by the numeral 7. 5

The sheet 1, which .I have described as zylonite, may also be made ofhard rubber or which :will not smear or blur, and yet with I enoughresiliency to cut the character evenly through the composition but notthrough the fibre of the stencil. The stencil3 may be of any suitabletype and may. be prepared in any suitable manner or with any suitablesolution. And may be placed upon the sheet of zylonite, either in directcontact therewith, or separated therefrom by one or terial. The straightedge 4; may also be of any suitable design and may be provided withmeans for holdin the type or the like so that a plurality of the typemay be held be held in place in any suitable manner. The object 6, whichI have generally referred to as type, may be of any suitable size ordesign, ordinary printers lead-alloy type, a harder but less brittlealley, or steel or-other composition die, or may be in the form of alinotype slug,.acut, or a plurality of any of the above mentionedobjects. The means of forcin the objects into the stencil, which-I havei lustrated as a hammer with the numeral 7, may also be of any suitabletype and may be so arranged so that more than one of the objects may beforced into the stencil at. one time if desired. a

It will be understood that other changes may be made in the constructionwithout departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changesmay be in the general arrangement of the different devices or in theomission of a separate means for forming a .5 backing as indicated by.the numeral 1, another may be in inverting the process and tappinorhammering the backing instead of the of the type,"c ut or die, anothermay be in the providing-of the object 6 with individual means forholding them per n dicular to the stencil or for holding t em in aframe; and still another may be in the of the individual devices arranto opcrate automatically or in any suitable manner-Al It is alsounderstood that a sheet of elosel woven silk or other material may bepla between the stencil-and the type or die to absorb the composition ofthe stencil 9" when solid black characters, .or broad faced comprisingplacing the stencil on a slightly characters are desired, or when it isdesired resilient surface, placing dies to be cut into to shade thecharacters. the stencil upon 'the stencil and against 10 Havin thusfully described the invention, means for holding the dies in line, andforc- 5 what I c aim as new and desire to secure by ing the-dies intothe stencil by tapping each Letters Patent, is die individually.

A process for cutting headings on stencils GEORGE E. MINOR.

